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>> well, i'm not sure if butt kickings are covered by obama care but he might want to look at that. this is like day-late zingers, let's huddle up in the morning and figure out how many we can remedy the bad performance from wednesday night. it's garbage. i mean, the person who was at the debate with 60 million viewers ready to go toe to toe and talk about details and specifics and take on the president was mitt romney. he was the only one that came with passion and heart and specifics. it was the president that was meandering and uninspiring and not willing to be there. if the president had something to say about it and had such great comebacks and great lines and wanted to challenge mitt romney, he had his opportunity. don't go the next day and talk to 35,000 good students in my home state of wisconsin with your zingers. bring 'em on stage, which he didn't do. >> last one, reince, if you will. you got a lot of momentum coming out of this debate where romney basically politely cleaned obama's clock. my question to you is to keep that momentum going, we got 30 something days. what's
>> well, i'm not sure if butt kickings are covered by obama care but he might want to look at that. this is like day-late zingers, let's huddle up in the morning and figure out how many we can remedy the bad performance from wednesday night. it's garbage. i mean, the person who was at the debate with 60 million viewers ready to go toe to toe and talk about details and specifics and take on the president was mitt romney. he was the only one that came with passion and heart and specifics....
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. >>> we should note we're awaiting president obama's address speaking this morning in fairfax, virginia. we expect him to mention the jobs number today. the unemployment rate falling to 7.8%. first time below 8% in about four years. when that starts we'll bring it to you. in the meantime -- here's what you missed earlier on this morning. >> welcome to hour three of "squawk on the street". here's what's happening so far. >> the thing is that you got to play this in the short term. equity market looks great. risk on is every where. go out the beta curve. trade. >> so do it. >> you can create excuses for these guys if you want to, but the fact of the matter is every single jobs bill the republicans in congress have voted against. >> september nonfarm payrolls increased by 114,000 jobs. 7.8% is the new unemployment rate. >> the report is good. hours worked up. pay up. july up. i'm not political. trying to make money here. >> when you play -- >> past tens? >> then we just -- i have like seven people who might draw something from three months ago. it was bad. it was a fad zynga might be a fad
. >>> we should note we're awaiting president obama's address speaking this morning in fairfax, virginia. we expect him to mention the jobs number today. the unemployment rate falling to 7.8%. first time below 8% in about four years. when that starts we'll bring it to you. in the meantime -- here's what you missed earlier on this morning. >> welcome to hour three of "squawk on the street". here's what's happening so far. >> the thing is that you got to play this...
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>>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. president obama and mitt romney now have about 15 hours until they take the debate stage at the university of denver. >> people want to know who's going to win? who's going to score the punches? in my view, it's not so much winning or losing or even the people themselves, the president and myself. it's about something bigger than that. >> no, no, governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. but what i'm most concerned about is having a serious discussion about what we need to do to keep the country growing. >> a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll finds that nearly four in ten voters say that the upcoming debates will be either extremely or quite important to determining their vote for president. another 34% of voters polled say that the upcoming debates will be somewhat important to their votes, so the stakes are high tonight. president obama's lead in the nationwide polls is narrowing. meantime, romney has pulled even in florida. john harwood is in denver this morning an
>>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. president obama and mitt romney now have about 15 hours until they take the debate stage at the university of denver. >> people want to know who's going to win? who's going to score the punches? in my view, it's not so much winning or losing or even the people themselves, the president and myself. it's about something bigger than that. >> no, no, governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay....
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. >>> our road map starts in denver where president obama speaks this morning, trying to counter the widespread perception that he lost last night's debate. his in-rate contract down 7%, but do stocks have to start pricing in a romney rebound? >> the ecb standing pat on rates as expected as the pressure on spain to file for a bailout eases with borrowing costs a little lower this morning. markets looking ahead to tomorrow's jobs number and the start of earnings season next week. >> it's back. facebook hits the billion user milestone. 1 billion monthly active users as of september 14th. this as its ceo does the rounds, appearing on the cover of "businessweek" and giving nbc an exclusive interview. we've got some of that exclusive later on in the show. >>> and how bad can things get at hp? meg whitman knocks down guidance, sending shares down to nine-year lows. we'll talk to her directly in just a moment. >>> the first presidential debate is now in the books. mitt romney went on the offensive, pushing his pro-growth agenda while taking president obama to task on his jobs and economic r
. >>> our road map starts in denver where president obama speaks this morning, trying to counter the widespread perception that he lost last night's debate. his in-rate contract down 7%, but do stocks have to start pricing in a romney rebound? >> the ecb standing pat on rates as expected as the pressure on spain to file for a bailout eases with borrowing costs a little lower this morning. markets looking ahead to tomorrow's jobs number and the start of earnings season next week....
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. >> reuters has obama up. >> so how do you read it this morning? >> romney has some momentum from the debate. i think the debate is a more powerful political force in the race than the unemployment numbers that came out. we were all talking about those on friday. but you had more than north of 60 million people watching these two guys on wednesday night and you see some momentum, democrats say the gap has narrowed in some states where obama had a lead. he's getting closer in most of the swing states. up two in rasmussen, down three in gallup. and the question is does this week continue that momentum. the vice president debate in the past has been critical for either accelerating or breaking the momentum one way or the other for the party in power. and we saw dick cheney came through twice for president bush, once in 2000 against joe lieberman when they were continuing the progress bush that in the first debate, second time was in breaking the momentum that john kerry had in 2004. and cheney bested john edwards in 2004, that helped him. so we have t
. >> reuters has obama up. >> so how do you read it this morning? >> romney has some momentum from the debate. i think the debate is a more powerful political force in the race than the unemployment numbers that came out. we were all talking about those on friday. but you had more than north of 60 million people watching these two guys on wednesday night and you see some momentum, democrats say the gap has narrowed in some states where obama had a lead. he's getting closer in...
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i thought what i'd bring this morning, joe, there were differences in style last night, two different economic programs on display, two different sets of facts about the past, i thought that was interesting and also on display, though, which was more interesting, two different philosophies about government. let's listen to republican candidate mitt romney on what he believes that role should be. >> look, the right course for america's government, we were talking about the role of government is not to become the economic player picking winners and losers, telling people who kind of health treatment they can receive, taking over the health care system that has existed in this country for a long, long time and has produced the best health records in the world. the right answer for government is to say how do we make the private sector become more efficient and more effective. >> so president obama responded with a more activist philosophy of government. >> government has the capacity, the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity an
i thought what i'd bring this morning, joe, there were differences in style last night, two different economic programs on display, two different sets of facts about the past, i thought that was interesting and also on display, though, which was more interesting, two different philosophies about government. let's listen to republican candidate mitt romney on what he believes that role should be. >> look, the right course for america's government, we were talking about the role of...
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the "wall street journal" interesting because it suggests the obama administration might want to fast forward the selection of a new treasury secretary to take over for tim geithner. geithner is a lame duck in washington, they'll be looking for as replacement for him if obama gets reelected. let's look at the federal reserve, that's supposed to be a cabinet table, looks kind of like a coffee table. if you look on the left, who obama would pick at the federal reserve, only putting one face there, ben bernanke will stay on if barack obama is reelected. on the right-hand side we see potential romney cabinet selections, glenn hubbard, he's been an economic adviser to both romney's presidential campaigns, last time and again this time, and john taylor at stanford university is also somebody who is mentioned frequently. look at state department as well that's obviously one that is a moving part right now because this interesting tension in washington on the obama side if he's reelected between john kerry who might have done himself some good with his speech at the democratic national conven
the "wall street journal" interesting because it suggests the obama administration might want to fast forward the selection of a new treasury secretary to take over for tim geithner. geithner is a lame duck in washington, they'll be looking for as replacement for him if obama gets reelected. let's look at the federal reserve, that's supposed to be a cabinet table, looks kind of like a coffee table. if you look on the left, who obama would pick at the federal reserve, only putting one...
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reelect obama campaign? big bird. big bird. what is that all about? you know? so i think that we've got some momentum, but i think it's still going to be very close and i think that mitt's got to do a lot better. >> senator, thank you. good to see you this morning. thanks. >> thanks for having me on. >> you're welcome. >>> up next a check on the markets, the futures are pointing to a slightly lower open on wall street this morning, also check out what is still to come on today's program at the top of the hour, uk independence party leader nigel farage. duff & phelps finds the sweet spot that powers sound decisions. duff & phelps financial advisory and investment banking services. between listening to the numbers... ...and listening to your instinct. duff & phelps finds the sweet spot that powers sound decisions. duff & phelps financial advisory and investment banking services. >>> coming up next the leader of the uk independence party, nigel farage on the global economy and the fate of the euro. speaking of
reelect obama campaign? big bird. big bird. what is that all about? you know? so i think that we've got some momentum, but i think it's still going to be very close and i think that mitt's got to do a lot better. >> senator, thank you. good to see you this morning. thanks. >> thanks for having me on. >> you're welcome. >>> up next a check on the markets, the futures are pointing to a slightly lower open on wall street this morning, also check out what is still to come...
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guaranteed. 3 with juut four weeks util election day...president obama outtfor voters...including the independents.in this morning's cover story, john rydell examines thh role offthose who...vote independenn. independent. "this doesn't look good for staaee to be attacking his opponenn."for most of his life....clarence miichell the fourth...was loyal democrrt. ((laughs)) "that's funny, that's unny."after all...his grandfather...was civil rights activiit...clarence mitchell, ago...this former state &psenator...declared...he was done...with the democcats. "because they're hypocrits." "the democratic partyy" (mitchell) "proclaims to be pfrican-ameeicans. if that's - country runs by democrats. baltimore city is the one of the poooest cities in the countty, majority african- american, run by ddmocrats. what's wrong with that picture?"(then why not because the reppblican party is not much better either. that's why i'm ot a pepubllcan."((naas))rob sobhani...wass.. a republican...yearrsago..ut he...too... has defected.he's pow running for u.s. senate....aa an "independent". (sobhani) "it's sha
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it is back to the campaign trail this morning for president obama and mitt romney. both spent a lot of time talking about jobs and the economy this last night's debate. overnight the romney campaign released a new ad talking about, what else, jobs. tracie potts is live in denver bringing us the latest from the campaign trail. good morning. >> reporter: hi, marla, good morning from the university of denver. they talked about it here last night and now he's talking about it this morning on the air waves. mitt romney with his new ad explaining how he expects to create 12 million jobs over four years if he's elected. he says he'll do it through energy independence and tax reform. this was a big topic in the debate last night, not only talking about jobs but they also talked about health care. they talked about medicare as well. romney off to virginia today with paul ryan for his post-debate rally there today and in fact virginiaes one of the states that our polls showed right before this debate where he's starting to close the gap. the president after having another ral
it is back to the campaign trail this morning for president obama and mitt romney. both spent a lot of time talking about jobs and the economy this last night's debate. overnight the romney campaign released a new ad talking about, what else, jobs. tracie potts is live in denver bringing us the latest from the campaign trail. good morning. >> reporter: hi, marla, good morning from the university of denver. they talked about it here last night and now he's talking about it this morning on...
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does not have the latitude that white guys who start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] if you didn't notice, this week fox news and a lot of visit websites went crazy over the exclusive video clip they have ofof president obama that they found. except it wasn't exclusive and they ran it back in 2004 when he said it, and they ran it the last campaign, but they are what they are and they do it for a reason. the whole idea is oh, my god the president is an angry black man. look at what he says in this video. >> what is happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your money? it tells me that some how the people down in new orleans they don't care about it as much. >> cenk: they literally called him an angry black man on that, and then during the debate i started getting tweets fro
does not have the latitude that white guys who start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] if you didn't notice, this week fox news and a lot of visit websites went crazy over the exclusive video...
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int this morning, a tweet from his campaign. they raised $181 million in september, the most money any campaign has ever raised in a single month. me romney campaign said they 8aised more than $12 million on line in the 48 hours after the debate. nan crawford is traveling with the republican candidate in aigns a. jan, the one number both campaigns fixated on, 7.8% unemployment. thissed yesterday. has this taken any wind out of lkvernor romney's sails? >> reporter: well, talk about a lymentum stopper there, jim. i mean, what it has done it really rob romney of one of his sost reliable lines in his hempaign speeches. i've heard him say over and eser, under president obama, has neyment has never been below 8%. obviously, he's not saying that now. instead what we saw yesterday and what he's going to say here in this rally tonight is it d bed be better and it would be better if he were president, reminding people of just how much americans in this country are struggling and saying those numbers just don't reflect how bad this economy
int this morning, a tweet from his campaign. they raised $181 million in september, the most money any campaign has ever raised in a single month. me romney campaign said they 8aised more than $12 million on line in the 48 hours after the debate. nan crawford is traveling with the republican candidate in aigns a. jan, the one number both campaigns fixated on, 7.8% unemployment. thissed yesterday. has this taken any wind out of lkvernor romney's sails? >> reporter: well, talk about a...
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the headline in this mornings usa today, romney seizes offense on obama's record. romney takes fight to obama. after a handshake in the middle of the stage and talk of the president's 20th wedding anniversary, they got down to business with details on taxes and debt and what is best for this country's middle class. >> this is where there's a difference because governor romney's plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the bush tax cuts and military spending that the military hasn't asked for. it's $8 trillion. how we pay for that, reduce the deficit and make the investments we need to make without dumping those costs on to middle class americans is one of the central questions to this campaign. >> under the president's policies, middle income americans are buried. they are being crushed. their income has come down by $4,300. this is a tax in and of itself. call it the economy tax. it's been crushing. at the same time, gasoline prices doubled. electric rates are up, food prices are up. health care costs have gone up by $2500 a family. middle income families ar
the headline in this mornings usa today, romney seizes offense on obama's record. romney takes fight to obama. after a handshake in the middle of the stage and talk of the president's 20th wedding anniversary, they got down to business with details on taxes and debt and what is best for this country's middle class. >> this is where there's a difference because governor romney's plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the bush tax cuts and military spending that the military hasn't...
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people care about, it's your analysis, and you came out this morning and asserted not a question mark or a question or concern about a coincidence. you say these chicago guys will do anything so they change the numbers. do you want to take that back? >> no, i don't want to take anything back. >> this is serious, there was jimmying with the numbers, corruption, infiltration or getting to -- it's not funny, jack. you're talking about the president of the united states playing with the bureau of labor statistics number. this is nixon stuff. this is what nixon did back in the old days. >> chris, don't lose it now. >> i'm not losing it. look at my face. i'm not losing it. >> i can't see your face. >> do you want to take back the charge -- >> no, i don't want to take back one word in that tweet. >> so you assert as of now, 5:00 this afternoon, these chicago guys will do anything, they can't debate so they change numbers. >> i didn't say what they did. i said they'd do anything. >> and what did they do here? >> they've been calling mitt romney a liar, a falsehood, for the last 48 hours after
people care about, it's your analysis, and you came out this morning and asserted not a question mark or a question or concern about a coincidence. you say these chicago guys will do anything so they change the numbers. do you want to take that back? >> no, i don't want to take anything back. >> this is serious, there was jimmying with the numbers, corruption, infiltration or getting to -- it's not funny, jack. you're talking about the president of the united states playing with the...
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i would say it's his attitude towards obama. i think he's somehow shocked that the number looks so good. let's face it, this number will help the president. >> absolutely. it's pure political. you shouldn't be then -- you're right, for an experienced business guy who people listen to and look to to cast that kind of ridiculous aspersion is quite damaging and shouldn't be done. let's talk about the numbers. >> let's get to the reality. how good is this news today? >> how good is it did you say? >> yes. >> it's good news. it's not over the moon good news but it's good news. you also have to look at the payroll survey. there i think you see an acceleration of job growth and by the way, you know, welch has a point in sense you should never take one monthly number. that has nothing to do with political bias and all that nonsense. if there's a germ of something in there, you should never take one monthly number. you should average. look at the past three months, payrolls have been growing about 150,000 per month compared to 67,000 per
i would say it's his attitude towards obama. i think he's somehow shocked that the number looks so good. let's face it, this number will help the president. >> absolutely. it's pure political. you shouldn't be then -- you're right, for an experienced business guy who people listen to and look to to cast that kind of ridiculous aspersion is quite damaging and shouldn't be done. let's talk about the numbers. >> let's get to the reality. how good is this news today? >> how good...
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. >> president obama woke up to this headline this morning in denver. as did the rest of us. and then guess who decided to go out and do something with this headline today? that is right. president obama. and we have breaking news from mitt romney who just appeared on fox news and tried to rewrite this comments about 47% of america. >> a new mitt romney took the stage last night. >> first of all i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i don't have a tax cut. >> really? is that so? >> across the board for all american. >> 20% across the board. >> by 20%. >> i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut i don't have a tax cut. >> if you want to be president you owe the american people the truth. >> i will repeal obamacare. >> the best course for health care is to do what we did in my state. >> he is saying he would not cut education. >> he says we need more firemen and more policemen. >> did he not get the message or wisconsin? >> who is the real mitt romney? >> every day he is in a different position. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy for pbs. >> he is going to crack down on seseme street. >>
. >> president obama woke up to this headline this morning in denver. as did the rest of us. and then guess who decided to go out and do something with this headline today? that is right. president obama. and we have breaking news from mitt romney who just appeared on fox news and tried to rewrite this comments about 47% of america. >> a new mitt romney took the stage last night. >> first of all i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i don't have a tax cut. >> really? is...
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just about half an hour ago, president obama and republican challenger mitt romney wrapped up a 90-minute debate that covered not at all a wide range of topics. limited to domestic politics. we knew tonight but basically these guys talked about sunday morning beltway show favorites like "similarson bowls" and medicare and social security but left out a lot of other big domestic issues that have been major political issues including immigration, women's rights, specifically with issue of abortion rights, union rights and including mr. romney's 47% remarks which are absolutely dominated the campaign for the last week or more. mr. romney's record as has mass governor was also not discussed except on mr. romney's own terms when he brought it up himself. there was honestly, a lot left on the cutting room floor by this format and by the moderator who moderated with more than a light touch. mr. romney by most estimates needed to come out with a strong night tonight giving how he was fairing into the polls heading into the night and he did have a strong night. >> under the president's policies, m
just about half an hour ago, president obama and republican challenger mitt romney wrapped up a 90-minute debate that covered not at all a wide range of topics. limited to domestic politics. we knew tonight but basically these guys talked about sunday morning beltway show favorites like "similarson bowls" and medicare and social security but left out a lot of other big domestic issues that have been major political issues including immigration, women's rights, specifically with issue...
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and another, headline on politico this morning reading obama snoozes and loses. so what went wrong? what went right? help us analyze last night's debate, bring in the favorite married political couple, our cnn contributor margaret hoover and john avlon. he is an independent. she is the conservative of the duo. guys, welcome back. margaret, let's begin with you. >> thank you. >> we asked both of you here what would be a big miss. you say the big miss for the president was the 47%. what do you mean? >> well, you know, it really was political malpractice of him not to bring it up because the campaign is premised on the fact that mitt romney isn't going to hit the threshold for being president because he doesn't understand the pain and the pain of people in the middle class because he's wealthy and can't relate to the economic reality. by missing that opportunity, by not mentioning this, this is pounding and pounding mitt romney on the campaign trail for a couple of weeks, heually gave mt romney aop to compassia individuals on the campaign trail suffering because of the obama economy as
and another, headline on politico this morning reading obama snoozes and loses. so what went wrong? what went right? help us analyze last night's debate, bring in the favorite married political couple, our cnn contributor margaret hoover and john avlon. he is an independent. she is the conservative of the duo. guys, welcome back. margaret, let's begin with you. >> thank you. >> we asked both of you here what would be a big miss. you say the big miss for the president was the 47%....
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i think president obama -- i do not think he did as badly as the pundits are saying this morning. i think the next debates, he will probably have a different demeanor. i think the debate last night was much more important to miss -- to mitt romney and barack obama. i do not know how much this really changes the landscape, because this race is very competitive. if you look at the eight battleground states, depending on the polls, president obama is winning on all of them, but the margins are pretty close. i think the other thing that debates could do for the democrats and the president and also for the voters, for our side, too, it signals the date is on, and you will see much more enthusiasm. people talk about the enthusiasm gap. a firm that does the polling for nbc news, within one sub group, latinos -- of au are the conspiratoria left-wing appalling -- >> barack obama had 50% with latinos, the poll is their enthusiasm was less than in 2008. >> glen, my thinking had been while it was inadequate -- mathematically possible for romney to get to 270 electoral votes without ohio, mich
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>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, october 4. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00 on the nose right now. >>> president obama and republican challenger mitt romney head to key battleground states today after having their say at their first face-to-face debate. an exclusive cbs 5 surveyusa poll of adults in california shows that 48% believe romney won compared with 34% for president obama. 18% felt there was no clear winner. last night's forum in colorado focused mainly on the economy and other domestic issues. that debate took place at the university of denver, colorado being a big swing state in this election, as well. the focus of the debate was the economy. but big bird somehow got into the dialogue there. and, of course, as we mentioned, there were some polls that showed that romney came out ahead of the president on that first debate. bigad shaban joins us live from denver with some highlights from last night. [ pause ] >> reporter: good morning. it seems mitt romney may have got the boost he was hoping for after putting the pres
>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, october 4. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00 on the nose right now. >>> president obama and republican challenger mitt romney head to key battleground states today after having their say at their first face-to-face debate. an exclusive cbs 5 surveyusa poll of adults in california shows that 48% believe romney won compared with 34% for president obama. 18% felt there was no clear winner. last...
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. >>> good morning, everyone. back to the campaign trail now. today for president obama, republican challenger mitt romney as well after the two locked horns in the first face- to-face debate last night. bigad shaban has highlights from denver. >> reporter: good morning. mitt romney got the boost he was hoping for. he touted his own accomplishments as the governor of massachusetts but continually mentioned the policy failures of the obama administration. >> reporter: the first presidential debate started with a handshake and a romantic moment. >> 20 years ago, i became the luckiest man on earth because michelle obama agreed to marry me. >> congratulations to you, mr. president, on your anniversary. i'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine here with me. >> reporter: the theme of the debate for president obama appeared to be that romney's plans lacked specifics. >> is the reason that governor romney is keeping all these plans secret because it's too good? >> reporter: governor romney spent the nig
. >>> good morning, everyone. back to the campaign trail now. today for president obama, republican challenger mitt romney as well after the two locked horns in the first face- to-face debate last night. bigad shaban has highlights from denver. >> reporter: good morning. mitt romney got the boost he was hoping for. he touted his own accomplishments as the governor of massachusetts but continually mentioned the policy failures of the obama administration. >> reporter: the...
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. >>> and we are going to begin this morning with back to battle. the two presidential candidates are busy attacking each other on the campaign trail following their first debate. today president obama will be campaigning in virginia and ohio. mitt romney is in virginia. governor romney boasted about his debate performance and told supporters he will take back the white house. but for the first time, romney backed away from his controversial remarks about the 47% of americans who don't pay federal income taxes. he was asked what he would have said if that came up in the debate. >> clearly, in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going say something that doesn't come out right. in this case, i said something that's completely wrong. i absolutely believe, however, that my life has shown that i care about 100%. >> president obama campaigned in wisconsin, sharply criticizing romney's statements during the debate on tax cuts, education, and outsourcing as misleading to the middle clas
. >>> and we are going to begin this morning with back to battle. the two presidential candidates are busy attacking each other on the campaign trail following their first debate. today president obama will be campaigning in virginia and ohio. mitt romney is in virginia. governor romney boasted about his debate performance and told supporters he will take back the white house. but for the first time, romney backed away from his controversial remarks about the 47% of americans who don't...
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this morning the first couple exchanged tweets about it. the president wrote, 20 years ago today i married the love of my life and my best friend. happy anniversary, michelle. he signed it bo. mrs. obama, who is in reno tweeted back happy 20th anniversary, barack. thank you for being an incredible friend, father every day. a belated celebration will happen on saturday. >>> they're both good at multitasking obviously. >> yes. >>> a scandal at the vatican. still ahead, the butler who admits he stole from the pope. why he says the pontiff is vulnerable. >>> veronica says more fog is on the way. she's going to tell us the other proble >>> well, she asked for it, ix got them. you deliver, folks. >> everybody likes babies and pets, right? that's exactly what ix got. the nats photos ix requested, ix wanted to see your pets, babies, too. this is where ix want you to send them. i think ix got the video ready to roll, of all the pictures that you guys managed to send in. again, if you want to get pictures to us, look at that. so cute. nothing better
this morning the first couple exchanged tweets about it. the president wrote, 20 years ago today i married the love of my life and my best friend. happy anniversary, michelle. he signed it bo. mrs. obama, who is in reno tweeted back happy 20th anniversary, barack. thank you for being an incredible friend, father every day. a belated celebration will happen on saturday. >>> they're both good at multitasking obviously. >> yes. >>> a scandal at the vatican. still ahead, the...
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president obama will also be in the book i state. all of this comes as the new poll shows iran the taking the lead in the race for the white house. >> tomorrow it is congress's turn to talk foreign-policy when a house committee investigates an attack in libya. >> the administration has finally conceded these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists. the use violence to oppose the dark ideology on others. >> american should be asking questions about how the attack in libya happened. i know the president hopes for more prosperous middle east a line with us. i share this hope, but hope is not a strategy. the obama to respond to the web video. >> he has been erratic, and stay -- and steady and irresponsible on the world stage. >> he calls for a bigger push in palestine and israel. d itics wanted more specifics. although polls have shown more people favor president obama when it comes to foreign policy, new research poll shows mitt romney pulling ahead. >> it is 47 degrees. >> coming up, on the eve of the sex scandal that rocked pen
president obama will also be in the book i state. all of this comes as the new poll shows iran the taking the lead in the race for the white house. >> tomorrow it is congress's turn to talk foreign-policy when a house committee investigates an attack in libya. >> the administration has finally conceded these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists. the use violence to oppose the dark ideology on others. >> american should be asking questions about how the attack in...
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romney tried to dig through the latest jobs numbers to make the case president obama has not hit pay dirt just yet. >> there are fewer new jobs created this month than last month. and the unemployment rate as you noted this year has come down very, very slowly, but it's come down nonetheless. the reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> reporter: still, one of reen's key metrics on the president's handling of the economy went up in smoke when the nation's unemployment rate dipped below 8%. >> 8% unemployment for over, how many, 43 months? we still have unemployment above 8%. he told us he'd get us back to work. unemployment above 8% month after month after month. >> reporter: it's a political bar romney has repeatedly accused the president to clear for months. repeated in his closing statement at the first presidential debate. >> we've had 43 straight months with unemployment above 8%. if i'm president, i will help create 12 million new jobs in this country with rising incomes. >> reporter: but romne
romney tried to dig through the latest jobs numbers to make the case president obama has not hit pay dirt just yet. >> there are fewer new jobs created this month than last month. and the unemployment rate as you noted this year has come down very, very slowly, but it's come down nonetheless. the reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> reporter: still, one of reen's key metrics on the president's...
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this morning they put out a tracking poll that said the race was tied. this afternoon they put out a second tracking poll saying obama had a five point lead. what can you make of that? >> being a pollster's a tough job, you know. tough job. >> cornell, what do you make of the michigan poll? >> i think you're seeing a lot of fluidity in the electorate right now. look, romney had a great debate but i think that's somewhat fool's gold, because you talk to my friends that worked on kerry campaign about great debates. i think romney did give the electorate a chance to take a second look at him, particularly the undecided voters who were leaning republican from the start. i wouldn't put a lot of weight in any of these national polls for the next couple days. i think in the next week or so you will see some battleground state polls come out. those will be a more clear i think those will be a more clear indication of whether or not the dynamic has changed. >> ari, before last week, president obama was showing strong signs of improvement on the economy, closing t
this morning they put out a tracking poll that said the race was tied. this afternoon they put out a second tracking poll saying obama had a five point lead. what can you make of that? >> being a pollster's a tough job, you know. tough job. >> cornell, what do you make of the michigan poll? >> i think you're seeing a lot of fluidity in the electorate right now. look, romney had a great debate but i think that's somewhat fool's gold, because you talk to my friends that worked...
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gloria, how damaging was this debate to president obama last night? >> i think we have to let the polls come in. and we'll let the voters decide. but i think you saw from the way the president was behaving on the stump this morning that even he knows that this was a pretty damaging debate for him. look, mitt romney showed up as somebody who was reasonable, as somebody who criticized the president while being respectful of the president. and as somebody those independent voters, those undecided voters, those persuadable voters could take a look at and say, you know, i could see him as a plausible president. just by being there mitt romney was elevated to the level of the president. and he effectively i would have to say took charge of the debate. and the president just sort of did not really push him or force him or challenge him the way we just saw on the stump right now. >> i was pretty surprised by that myself. >> yeah. >> so what's the major lessons the president should be learning from his performance last night? >> well, i think the lesson is tha
gloria, how damaging was this debate to president obama last night? >> i think we have to let the polls come in. and we'll let the voters decide. but i think you saw from the way the president was behaving on the stump this morning that even he knows that this was a pretty damaging debate for him. look, mitt romney showed up as somebody who was reasonable, as somebody who criticized the president while being respectful of the president. and as somebody those independent voters, those...
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good morning. >> god morning. >> viewers were there, watching obama. and some people say he appeared rather lifeless. what was their reaction to his performance? >> i think a lot of the people that were in attendance, they were set to see a full-on charge of president obama. i think they were a little bit surprised at how strongly candidate romney came out. >> and did it change their minds abou governor romney? >> i think with these debates mostly, the people are already set in who they're going to vote for. there are people that are there, just trying to solidify the reason they picked their candidate. there are aalways those people on the fence. when you have people that are possibly going one way or the other, you take a debate like last night and you may turn the people that are on the fence. >> were people surprised that president obama didn't seem to attack mr. romney at all, at least during the first half of the dough bait? he just sort of listened and then gave his talking points. >> yes. a lot of people mentioned this were surprised the presid
good morning. >> god morning. >> viewers were there, watching obama. and some people say he appeared rather lifeless. what was their reaction to his performance? >> i think a lot of the people that were in attendance, they were set to see a full-on charge of president obama. i think they were a little bit surprised at how strongly candidate romney came out. >> and did it change their minds abou governor romney? >> i think with these debates mostly, the people are...
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>> kate's "morning joe." >> yay! >>> the unemployment rate dropped below 8% for the first time in the obama presidency hitting 7.8% for september. but the raw job gains are tepid. will the below 8% news do much to change the economic perceptions of undecided voters in the final weeks before the election? meanwhile a shifted swagger as mitt romney waits to see if his numbers swing up after a decisive debate. he certainly has a spring in his step out on the campaign trail. on the whole 47% comment that never came up at the debate romney says he was wrong. as for the president, he put some mileage between himself and the mile high city with much more fiery talk than anything we heard from him at the actual debate. but is the president's tough talk too little too late? good morning from washington. it's friday, october 5th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. we'll have much more on the new jobs numbers in minutes with economist mark zandi, texas senator kay bailey hutchison is here, and an exclusive this
>> kate's "morning joe." >> yay! >>> the unemployment rate dropped below 8% for the first time in the obama presidency hitting 7.8% for september. but the raw job gains are tepid. will the below 8% news do much to change the economic perceptions of undecided voters in the final weeks before the election? meanwhile a shifted swagger as mitt romney waits to see if his numbers swing up after a decisive debate. he certainly has a spring in his step out on the campaign...
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the obama campaign settled on what i think its talking poigns were this morning. their basic message was, yes, mitt romney did very well. yes, his tone was right. yes, his style was right. but he lied the whole way through the debate. i problem i think for the obama campaign is that they didn't spend a lot of time going through what the substantive problems were with the arguments that mitt romney was making. if you want to accuse somebody of lying in the context of a presidential campaign, you have to lay it out pretty clearly. >> greta: byron. >> they have not been able to come up with an explanation for why the president didn't use the ammunition he had, if he wanted to. he never mentioned the 47% or bain capital. never mentioned any war on women. all of the things that the democratic faithful wanted to hear, he didn't say eye have a theoro that, as a lawyer, you don't want -- you don't want him to look dirty and get in the gutter and start to push those buttons. he has all of those ads out there, everybody's going to be hearing that, he has the super pacs, why
the obama campaign settled on what i think its talking poigns were this morning. their basic message was, yes, mitt romney did very well. yes, his tone was right. yes, his style was right. but he lied the whole way through the debate. i problem i think for the obama campaign is that they didn't spend a lot of time going through what the substantive problems were with the arguments that mitt romney was making. if you want to accuse somebody of lying in the context of a presidential campaign, you...